Hip protector
Keith Watson C.P.
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Title:
Hip protector
Creator:
Keith Watson C.P.
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Thanks in advance for the valuable information...
The leading trauma ortho surgeon in our area has approached us about
providing his patients with a fracture-preventing orthosis called the Hip
Protector. I have been able to locate them in Australia and Finland, but not
in the states. They are designed to redistribute the force of impact during a
fall, and are proven to decrease the likelihood of hip/pelvic fractures in
elderly victims suffering falls (New England Journal of Medicine, vol 343,
number 21, Prevention of Hip Fracture in Elderly People with Use of a Hip
Protector). If anyone is familiar with this type of orthosis, please
contact me at <Email Address Redacted>
Keith Watson, CPO
Fourroux O & P
The leading trauma ortho surgeon in our area has approached us about
providing his patients with a fracture-preventing orthosis called the Hip
Protector. I have been able to locate them in Australia and Finland, but not
in the states. They are designed to redistribute the force of impact during a
fall, and are proven to decrease the likelihood of hip/pelvic fractures in
elderly victims suffering falls (New England Journal of Medicine, vol 343,
number 21, Prevention of Hip Fracture in Elderly People with Use of a Hip
Protector). If anyone is familiar with this type of orthosis, please
contact me at <Email Address Redacted>
Keith Watson, CPO
Fourroux O & P
Citation
Keith Watson C.P., “Hip protector,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216710.
